Manufacturing and Packaging

With analyst commentaries splitting evenly between those who believed Gilead offered to buy Kite Pharma too soon, and those who thought it had waited too long, Gilead’s CEO, John Milligan, probably chose just the right time. the company has offered […]

FDA is following through on requirements, under the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA), to hold public meetings on where it is going with the law, whose implementation started in 2015 and will continue (under current timetables) until 2023. A […]

“Serialization” is like a new blockbuster drug for supply chains that is used in the “treatment” of counterfeiting or falsifications, while also helping with the quality and integrity of supply chains. Truly a game changer. It is already in the […]

The response has been fairly muted for FDA’s decision to postpone enforcement of the next phase of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) from November 2017 to a year later. It had been widely recognized that, while Big Pharma […]

Over the past year or so, Arxium (US HQ: Buffalo Grove, IL) has added upgraded software to its RIVA pharmacy-compounding system, which features robotic arms, ISO Class 5 containment of the filling space, and options for vial or syringe packaging […]

Woodfield Distribution has a growing business as a third-party logistics provider (3PL) for pharma manufacturers, operating out of an expanded distribution center in Boca Raton, FL. Now, in what it says is a first for the pharma industry, the facility […]

It has been known for nearly four years that November 2017 was the deadline for US pharma manufacturers to include a unique serial code on each package of drugs going into commercial distribution; this originates with the Drug Supply Chain […]

The winners of the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council’s annual Compliance Package of the Year are in: the first-place winner is Merck’s Zepatier hepatitis C treatment, featuring a medication package designed by WestRock. Other award winners: First Runner Up: Braeburn Pharmaceuticals’ […]

In April, Catalent, Inc., celebrated its 10th anniversary of its inception, having been spun out of Cardinal Health in 2007 and acquired by Blackstone Group, a private-equity firm. Later, in 2014, the company went public, traded on the NYSE. Both […]

Most temperature-controlled shipping packages for pharmaceuticals are designed for the refrigerative 2-8°C range, but an increasing concern is for controlled room-temperature (CRT) shipping, generally in the 15-25° range. This concern arises from adoption of international Good Distribution Practices (GDPs), which […]